CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

August 25th, 2011 by admin

The PUKAR-HSPH-NYU collaboration’s health project has produced research that has been presented at various national and international scientific conferences.  We have created a body of work that is beginning to have a significant impact on the field of public health in urban slums and informal settlements.  More below:

(Please note that all powerpoint presentations on this site are in “read only” format. So if asked for a password when opening a file, simply click to accept the “read only” option to view the presentation)

Presentations at ICUH 2010

Banerjee J, Shitole T, and Patil-Deshmukh A. “Child health and immunization status in an unregistered Mumbai urban slum.” Oral Presentation. In: Program and abstracts of the 2010 International Conference on Urban Health (New York, U.S.A.). October 2010. View Abstract |

Shah S. “The role and impact of medical representatives in an unregistered slum located in Mumbai, India.” Poster presentation. In: Programs and abstracts of the 2010 International Conference on Urban Health (New York, U.S.A.). October 2010. View Poster

Presentations at ICUH 2011

Khan LN, Shitole T, O’Brien J, Patil-Deshmukh A, Bloom D. “‘Nobody’s here with me’: a qualitative investigation of women’s delivery location in urban slum-dwelling India” [Abstract OP1.1]. Oral-Poster Presentation. 10th International Conference on Urban Health. November 2-4, 2011; Belo Horizonte, Brazil. View Abstract |  View Poster

O’Brien J, Sawant K, Shitole S, Shitole T, Subbaraman R, Ozolins M, Patil-Deshmukh A. “The association between obesity and urban exposure in the Mumbai slum of Kaula Bandar” [Abstract OS25.5]. Oral Presentation. 10th International Conference on Urban Health. November 2-4, 2011; Belo Horizonte, Brazil. View Abstract |

Sawant K, Shitole S, Shitole T, Bloom D, Patil-Deshmukh A. “Lean on me — inequities of formal support systems during disasters for the most vulnerable residents in an unregistered slum” [Abstract OS1.4]. Oral Presentation. 10th International Conference on Urban Health. November 2-4; Belo Horizonte, Brazil. View Abstract |

Patel R, Stoklosa H, Shitole S, Shitole T, Sawant K, Nanarkar M, Subbaraman R, Ridpath A, Patil-Deshmukh A. “Diarrheal episodes and health practices of families in an urban slum in Mumbai” [Abstract PS19.5]. Poster Presentation. 10th International Conference on Urban Health. November 2-4, 2011; Belo Horizonte, Brazil. View Abstract | View Poster

Subbaraman R, Shitole S, Sawant K, Shitole T, Bloom D, Patil-Deshmukh A. “Failures in quality, quantity, and reliability of water provided through an informal distribution system in a slum in Mumbai, India” [Abstract OS40.6]. Oral Presentation. 10th International Conference on Urban Health. November 2-4, 2011; Belo Horizonte, Brazil.  View Abstract |

Thomson D, Sawant K, Patil-Deshmukh A. “Simple, affordable methods to map and analyze health data within a densely populated urban slum” [Abstract OS16.5]. Oral Presentation. 10th International Conference on Urban Health. November 2-4, 2011; Belo Horizonte, Brazil.  View Abstract |

NIH Presentation 2012

Subbaraman R, O’Brien J, Shitole T, Shitole S, Khan L, Thomson D, Patil-Deshmukh A, Bloom DE. Community-based approaches to studying health in urban slums in India: methods, findings, and policy-level response. 90-minute Integrated Panel Presentation. 2012 NIH Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities. December 17-19, 2012; National Harbor, MD, U.S.A.

Presentations at Indian Conferences

Patil-Deshmukh A. “Built form and health of the city.” In: Proceedings of the conference “Negotiating urban form in Mumbai” (Mumbai, India). 2011.

(The presentation above was given at a conference organized for researchers from the Harvard Design School and Lobe Fellows from Harvard University.)